Meanings
plural labelscars
- An outline left behind by the removal of a sign from a building.
I love a good labelscar.
2005 September 26, Steven Swain, “Eastland Mall – Tulsa, OK.”, in That Mall is sick and that Store is dead!, archived from the original on 25 May 20243 more examples
As I got closer to the structure, I could just begin to discern some lettering out of the labelscar, followed by the inevitable palm to the forehead.
2010 August 5, AmericanDirt, “Rolling back the pages of mega-retail history.”, in American Dirt, archived from the original on 21 Feb 2024It's not every day you see a labelscar as nasty as that one left by Old Navy.
2019 July 3, The Gone-Ton (@gone_ton), TwitterLabelscar of the Toronto Star at 1 Yonge
2023 May 11, Jamie Bradburn (@jbcurio), Twitter
Origin
From label + scar, from label (“sign giving information about something to which it is attached”) + scar (“permanent mark resulting from damage”).
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
labelscar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/labelscar
“labelscar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/labelscar. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “labelscar,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/labelscar.
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